TOKYO – Japan's population has grown at the slowest pace since 1920 as the rapidly aging country grapples with extremely low birthrates, a census report showed Friday. Japan, the world's 10th most ...

Japan's latest census confirmed the hard reality long ago signaled by shuttered shops and abandoned villages across the country: the population is shrinking. Japan's population stood at 127.1 million ...

With the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Japan is receiving a lot of attention from overseas as it readies itself to be a popular tourist destination. With this in mind, The National Museum of Modern ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Obverse Image: Image of sacred mirror ...

TOKYO — Japan’s population has grown at the slowest pace since 1920 as the rapidly aging country grapples with extremely low birthrates, a census report showed today. Japan, the world’s 10th- ...

Re “Japanese Musicians Still Turn to the West,” by James R. Oestreich (Critic’s Notebook, Sept. 13): Western music in Japan has an even longer history than Americans may realize. Emperor Meiji, in the ...

Cash machines, elevators and escalators that talk. Jingles in department stores, train stations, supermarkets and shopping arcades. Loud speaker warnings about the dangers of riding on the bus or ...

London practice Pirajean Lees has converted a nightclub in Dubai into a restaurant informed by Japan's jazz age and the grandiose parties of silent film actor Sessue Hayakwa. The restaurant, which ...